Robert D. Burgoyne
British physiologist and neuroscientist
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Robert D. Burgoyne (born 1953) is a British physiologist and neuroscientist and Emeritus Professor of Physiology at the University of Liverpool. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2002.[1] He was elected a member of Academia Europaea in 2001.[2]
Neuroscience
Robert D. Burgoyne | |
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Burgoyne in 2024 | |
| Education | University of Birmingham (BSc, PhD) |
| Awards | Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences |
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| Fields | Physiology Neuroscience |
| Workplaces | University of Liverpool |
Education and academic career
Bob Burgoyne received a Bachelor of Science degree in Bacteriology in 1974 and a PhD in Microbiology in 1977 from the University of Birmingham.[3]
Following postdoctoral research at the Open University and the MRC National Institute for Medical Research in London, he joined the University of Liverpool in 1983 as a lecturer in physiology and was appointed Professor of Physiology in 1990.[2]
He served as Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences from 2004 to 2009 building up research capacity within the School.[4]
He was involved in establishing a research fellowship scheme at Liverpool intended to enable early-career scientists to focus on research activity and which received national attention.[5]
Burgoyne later held senior leadership roles within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, including Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Executive Pro-Vice-Chancellor.[2] He subsequently became Emeritus Professor of Physiology at Liverpool.[3]
He served as a Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust from 2019 to 2025, and in that capacity chaired the Trust’s charity.[6]
Research
Burgoyne’s research has focused on molecular mechanisms underlying neurotransmission, particularly calcium-dependent regulation of synaptic vesicle exocytosis and the function of neuronal calcium sensor (NCS) proteins.[7]
His publication record and research output have been indexed by academic analytics services.[8]
Selected publications
- Christoforidis, S.; McBride, H. M.; Burgoyne, R. D.; Zerial, M. (1999). "The Rab5 effector EEA1 is a core component of endosome docking". Nature. 397 (6720): 621–625. doi:10.1038/17618.
- Burgoyne, R. D.; Morgan, A. (2003). "Secretory granule exocytosis". Physiological Reviews. 83 (2): 581–632. doi:10.1152/physrev.00031.2002.
- Burgoyne, R. D. (2007). "Neuronal calcium sensor proteins: generating diversity in neuronal Ca2+ signalling". Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 8 (3): 182–193. doi:10.1038/nrn2093.
- Burgoyne, R. D.; Weiss, J. L. (2001). "The neuronal calcium sensor family of Ca2+-binding proteins". Biochemical Journal. 353 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3530001.
- Chamberlain, L. H.; Burgoyne, R. D.; Gould, G. W. (2001). "SNARE proteins are highly enriched in lipid rafts in PC12 cells: implications for the spatial control of exocytosis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 98 (10): 5619–5624. doi:10.1073/pnas.091152398.
- Ali, S. M.; Geisow, M. J.; Burgoyne, R. D. (1989). "A role for calpactin in calcium-dependent exocytosis in adrenal chromaffin cells". Nature. 340 (6231): 313–315. doi:10.1038/340313a0.
- Pearce, I. A.; Cambray-Deakin, M. A.; Burgoyne, R. D. (1987). "Glutamate acting on NMDA receptors stimulates neurite outgrowth from cerebellar granule cells". FEBS Letters. 223 (1): 143–147. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(87)80315-3.
- Burgoyne, R. D.; Geisow, M. J. (1989). "The annexin family of calcium-binding proteins". Cell Calcium. 10 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1016/0143-4160(89)90001-6.
- Burgoyne, R. D. (1991). "Control of exocytosis in adrenal chromaffin cells". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Biomembranes. 1071 (2): 174–202. doi:10.1016/0005-2736(91)90044-5.
Personal life
Burgoyne was married to Jenny for 43 years until her death in 2023.
Their twin sons are both academic researchers in biomedical sciences. Joe Burgoyne is a researcher in cardiovascular sciences at King's College London,[9] and Tom Burgoyne leads a research group at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, part of University College London.[10]